re: Zion named all star starter

Posted by Jar_Jar_80

Member since Oct 2013

1964 posts

Posted on 1/26/23 at 7:34 pm to Soggymoss

Zion playing a few minutes in the all star game could be a nice workout for him I mean our practices and shoot around are more intense. Plus I fill like Zion would push the medical staff to clear him for on court activity if the scans come back good earlier because being a starter is really a honor to him he wouldn't want to miss.

Posted by 3PieceSpicy

Metairie

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Posted on 1/26/23 at 8:02 pm to Soggymoss

I love Zion, but he didn’t deserve to be named starter this year. He didn’t play enough games.

Sabonis got hosed.

Posted by six seven

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Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:05 pm to 3PieceSpicy

a healthy zion had us in the #1 spot in the west at times and we were #2 or #3 in the west when he got hurt..that equal to all-star starter in my book and adding to that the points he was avg.

Posted by 3PieceSpicy

Metairie

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Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:09 pm to six seven

I get he is a top 5 player in the West when healthy

But Sabonis has been healthy the entire season and has the frickin Kings at the 3 seed

I’m attempting to look at this from an unbiased perspective.

Posted by chRxis

None of your fricking business

Member since Feb 2008

23658 posts

Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:19 pm to Soggymoss

quote:
if he makes 1st team All-NBA

with his injury history, he NEVER has to worry about that

Posted by lsu_baseball11

Member since Nov 2021

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Posted on 1/26/23 at 9:55 pm to chRxis

Y’all can’t even recognize the accomplishment without throwing shade to his injuries

Posted by Bonkers119

Baton Rouge

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Posted on 1/26/23 at 10:20 pm to 3PieceSpicy

Sabonis is scoring 18.4 ppg, and Zion is scoring 26. Wtf are you talking about.

Posted by NOSHAU

Member since Feb 2012

11961 posts

Posted on 1/26/23 at 10:57 pm to Soggymoss

This dumbass continues to show his true colors-

quote:
Christian Clark
@cclark_13
Zion Williamson named an All-Star starter. It is his second All-Star appearance. First during non-COVID times. Pretty big surprise.

He has a hard on against the Pels and Zion in particular.

Posted by chRxis

None of your fricking business

Member since Feb 2008

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Posted on 1/26/23 at 11:05 pm to lsu_baseball11

quote:
without throwing shade to his injuries

considering thats basically been all his career has been up to this point, with some flashes of great in there, it's kind of hard not to acknowledge the painfully obvious

Posted by kpop1

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 12:22 am to 3PieceSpicy

You talk too much.

Posted by 3PieceSpicy

Metairie

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 1:20 am to Bonkers119

Sabonis has his team at the 3 seed when they weren’t even supposed to be top 8. Averages double the rebounds. Double the assists. And he plays more games. Triple doubles damn near every night.

What the frick are you talking about? Are we really doing the points per game argument in 2023?

I get he’s a Fricking Pelican. And maybe I’d co-sign that he should be an all star starter if he played 10-12 more games, but he didn’t.

Posted by PUB

New Orleans

Member since Sep 2017

18299 posts

Posted on 1/27/23 at 1:39 am to 3PieceSpicy

You are not helping the team and a waste of cap space if you do not play.

This post was edited on 1/27/23 at 3:20 am

Posted by Soggymoss

Member since Aug 2018

14467 posts

Posted on 1/27/23 at 4:57 am to 3PieceSpicy

quote:
Sabonis has his team at the 3 seed

Yeah, its all Sabonis, has nothing to do with Fox, Huerter, Keegan, its all Sabonis.

Posted by 3PieceSpicy

Metairie

Member since Jan 2021

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 5:40 am to Soggymoss

They didn’t go anywhere with Fox for 6 years. Keegan and Huerter are nice role players. But Sabonis is the best player on that team despite everyone clowning the Kings for trading Hali for him. The Kings were considered a quasi play in team before the season. They are likely going to host a home playoff series.

Zion scores more points. They both shoot 60%. Sabonis boards and assists better and he has stayed healthy enough for Sac to be peaking now, vs whatever the hell the Pels have been doing for the past 3 weeks.

Posted by southsidedell

Tampa, FL

Member since Dec 2016

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 6:44 am to six seven

Son missed half the season. fricking half! Yall trippin in here.

Posted by MizunoDude

Member since May 2020

725 posts

Posted on 1/27/23 at 7:47 am to Soggymoss

So there is a "Ride the bench in street clothes" category?

Had to be a close vote with AD

Posted by TeddyPadillac

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 8:36 am to 3PieceSpicy

quote:
I get he is a top 5 player in the West when healthy

But Sabonis has been healthy the entire season and has the frickin Kings at the 3 seed

I’m attempting to look at this from an unbiased perspective.

I agree with you.

By the time the allstar game is played, Zion will have played in 29 games, and sat out 30 games.
Sabonis has missed 2 games. He deserved it more.
Zion barely deserves to make the all-star team, much less start, strictly b/c of the games missed, obviously not b/c of his play b/c he is a top 10 player in the league, when he plays.
I'm just wanting the NBA to put more emphasis on playing the god damn game and stop being a bunch of pussies constantly sitting out for rest or taking 2 months off anytime you get a slight feeling of discomfort.

Posted by sportsfan225

Member since Jan 2019

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Posted on 1/27/23 at 9:29 am to TeddyPadillac

I’m an unapologetic Pelicans homer and I’m glad Zion was named starter. And seeing the players voted Z 3rd, Markkanen 4th and Sabonis 5th, it seems to me there is justification for it. However, I’d point anyone who has issue (or not) to Oleh Kosel’s article on this topic on the bird writes this morning.